Google powered more than half of all search requests carried out around the world in August, according to a report. A global study by analysts comScore revealed that more than 61 billion searches were performed by more than 750 million users in the month.

Politicians must “learn to let go of power” as technology develops, Tory leader David Cameron has said. Speaking at the Google Zeitgeist conference in San Francisco, he said the UK government had to make more information available to voters. This would en

Hollywood is bracing itself for a strike that could severely disrupt film and television production following a dispute between writers and producers over revenues from DVD sales and new media platforms. The Writers Guild of America, which represents writ